Giorgio Sommer

Works

Giorgio Sommer was a 19th-century Italian photographer known for his documentary photographs of Italy and Naples. He was a pioneering figure in photography and created extensive photographic archives of Italian landscapes and architecture.

Albumen Print Archaeological Photograph Italian Pompeii Monochrome Document Artifact Museum Documentary 19th Century Sculpture

Plaster Cast of Body, Pompeii

1880

Farnese Hercules, Museum of Naples, Italy

1860

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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